Author: Lester Perry

After the success of their first ever race event back in November, Fourforty Bike Park are set to throw down the second round of their summer enduro races on the 24/25th Jan. Everyone who hit the last event will attest to the fact that these… More ›

The bike industry is full of interesting people, doing interesting jobs, and most of them have some interesting tales to tell. Brian DeZiel is one of these people, as Trek’s ‘International Regional Manager’, boy he’s got some stories to tell (many of which we couldn’t post… More ›

Rain rain go away, come again another day. Well, it did go away then came again that same afternoon. Riders from all over the North Island had nervously eyed the weather maps for a week, everyone making their own assumptions about what may play out… More ›

Every year the bike industry gather at the country’s largest sand pit for a sand castle building competition public demo day, offering punters the chance to test the newly released bikes. This year there’s a host of brands involved so kick on down to check… More ›

If you’ve been lagging on entering or sitting on the fence, there are a few entries left for the Fourforty Gravity Enduro this weekend. Lots of big names will be in attendance and with some new tracks on the menu it’s going to be an… More ›

440 MTB Park is set to re-open for the 14/15 summer season this Saturday 11th October. This season the boys have tweaked the way their shuttle system works; for the new season you can now pay by the run or get concession cards for six or ten… More ›

The lads at 440 MTB Park have pinpointed what seem to be the only two free weekends in the coming summer and are throwing down a couple of Enduro events. Some fresh track being built at the moment in preparation for these events! Should be good. More ›

This mountain biking thing has come a long way since back in the early 90s, and it’s fair to say so has the Skyline Park on the side of Mt. Ngongotaha. In the late 90s (or was it early 2000s?) Skyline opened their chairlift on… More ›

I’ve been lucky enough to get my mitts on a sample pair of Five Ten’s latest offering, the Impact VXi (Five Ten Innovations) clipless shoe. In the past, Five Ten’s clipless shoes have divided wearers; while some liked them, most complained about their heavy weight and… More ›

A couple of weeks ago we reported on the 440 Bikepark, the Auckland area’s only dedicated gravity park, and we’re stoked to let you know that they open for business this weekend! Being a shuttle only park there are limited seats available. It will never… More ›

We were lucky enough to be invited to an open day at the 440 MTB Park last weekend to get a preview of what’s to come once the park is open to the public. The brainchild of two dudes, Byron (yes, that Byron) and Aaron,… More ›

Trans Provence is a wrap! What a week, what an experience, what an adventure! I don’t even know where to start, or where to finish…. After a jumbled 2 months leading into the event I was slightly nervous, having had injuries that stopped me from doing… More ›

Its a funny thing, planning, and the way different people go about it. Do you simply form a rough plan and sort out the details on the fly, or plan and schedule things down to the hour or minute, having all your i’s dotted and… More ›

In this week’s Frankly Thursday (it’s probably a month since the last one?) we catch up with Jonny Waghorn, one of the few Kiwis who in a couple of months’ time will be in France taking on the Mavic Trans-Provence multi-day gravity enduro. Who is… More ›

It’s been six months since my initial post about my journey to the Trans-Provence race, and boy how time’s flown. With almost four months still to go, I thought it was time to put fingers to keyboard and get another column done on what’s been happening.… More ›

How old are you? 20 Where do you live? Rotovegas What do you like best about living where you do? It’s got the best trails around and is just close enough to the surf and snow as well, and a couple of lakes to visit… More ›

“Enduro”. It’s the buzzword that’s taken the world by storm in the last 12 months, even though it’s essentially what we’ve all been doing with our mates for years—cruising uphill and shredding back down. The main difference between what we all do and what we… More ›

Full name? The whole shebang? It’s Rosara Ann Beetham Joseph How old are you? 31 Where are you currently based? Wellington What do you like about living where you do? Lots. I like that Wellington is such a beautiful city, surrounded by green hills and… More ›

I don’t know Ash Smith from a bar of soap, never met him, haven’t spoken to anyone who has, but I do know he’s a genuine good guy, and he has sculpted his own little piece of ‘the dream’ on the other side of the… More ›